Welfare - Science topic

Call for papers/chapters for inclusion in edited book (under contract with Springer Nature). Contributors of all ranks (including reflective practitioners) are welcome. Senior authors (full professors) may also be invited to a panel on Social Work with Diverse Communities (including but not limited to AAPI/Chinese Societies) at the World Philanthro...

We are pleased to announce a new Special Issue on “Sustainable Development Ecotourism” of the journal Sustainability. Over the past three decades, sustainability in the tourism industry has become one of the dominant topics in academia, business, policy, and government, especially since 2015, when the UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Su...

Tail biting presents a significant challenge in conventional pig farming, impacting animal welfare and farmers' economic viability. This paper introduces a novel approach for image-based tail posture monitoring, a potential early indicator of tail biting outbreaks. Our two-step tail posture detection approach, consisting of an initial pig detection...

European market regulates that poultry electronarcosis stunning in abattoirs must be performed with a minimal required current (mA per animal) and correlative frequency (Hz), to promote animal welfare and meat quality. In this way, Brazilian abattoirs must adjust the stunning parameters so that they can meet the requirements of that market. This st...

Active consumer participation in retail markets is crucial for an affordable and sustainable energy transition. While energy regulators encourage active consumer participation through policies which decrease consumers' switching costs, energy retailers seek to advance customer retention to boost profits. This study investigates how these seemingly...

Rats and mice are the most used experimental models in research. Globally, animal houses are subjected to parasite outbreaks. In Brazil, the parasitological profile is used to reflect the sanitary condition of laboratory animals and must be monitored frequently. The present study developed an integrative review of scientific studies on the parasito...

The importance of considering spatial dimensions in welfare analysis is increasingly acknowledged, but there are still knowledge gaps. For this purpose, we turn to environmental psychology and use place attachment, the functional and emotional bond people have to a defined place. We conduct a stated preference study of new recreational mountain hom...

Highlights • Suggesting a new measurement tool for crime/safety indexes. • Application of SMAA-TRI method in the measurement of crime/safety indexes. • First time using a quantitative decision method except surveys to determine crime/safety indexes. Abstract Crime is a phenomenon that disrupts the welfare and structure of society and has become...

Envelopment angst and concerns about the exploitative appropriation of data network effects can lead to fragmented platform markets. In this paper, we investigate if this fragmentation can be mended with decentralized platform architectures. Abstracting from an exemplary case in the mobility-as-a-service sector, we model a competitive two-platform...

With a vibrant economic development, Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) would need to boast low-carbon electricity generation, reduce carbon emissions, and re-structure transportation, yet having no energy management plan. The main objective of this study is to develop a comprehensive framework for analyzing energy impacts and macroeconomic e...

The community engagement team of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lampung, conducted community services in the Jaya Lestari Pekon Selapan farmer group, Pardasuka District, Pringsewu Regency. The partner's problem is that elephant ginger (Zingiber officinale var. officinarum) still needs to be optimal in its use, limited to being harvested and...

Objective: to examine the relationship between career success and work environment of nurses who practice in assisted reproductive technology and to identify factors that affect career success. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted in 53 fertility centres in 26 provinces in mainland China. Data were collected using a demographic data questionna...

Small scale enterprises are recognized as important for the economic success of countries all over the world because of their contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP), to innovation, to export revenue, to the provision of goods and services to society and large enterprises, to social stability, to employment creation, and to the improvement...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Quito, Ecuador. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of City integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main Structure-1: Economic and Finance (production and consumption of go...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Asuncion, Paraguay. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of City integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main Structure-1: Economic and Finance (production and consumption o...

Background Adequate community-based or societal collaboration and cooperation are considerably important for the overall welfare of women and adolescent girls with disabilities. “The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)” has not been evaluated for reliability and validity amid women and adolescent girls with disabilities in th...

Background: Most women contribute immensely to the welfare of their various homes and may not be effective in their roles as home makers when their sexual quality of life is low. Marital quality of life in the area of sex is vital to women's overall well-being. This study aims at identifying the perceived contribution of female genital

In this chapter, we use material from two research projects to show how institutional ethnography's sensitivity toward disjunctures has put us as researchers on the trail of everyday life problematics. In institutional ethnogra-phy, disjuncture refers to the contradiction between institutional discourses and authoritative texts by which society is...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Lima, Peru. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of City integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main Structure-1: Economic and Finance (production and consumption of goods...

Satellite products are expected to play important roles in water-related management and public welfare, particularly in developing countries. Higher-resolution precipitation products are required to cope with increasingly severe water-related disasters. In this study, we propose a new satellite precipitation estimation algorithm based on deep learn...

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have recently been applied to improve agricultural and livestock applications. The precise estimation, recommendations, and performances are the main justifications for using technology. The knowledge that can be gained from animal detection and tracking in videos is useful for monitoring body condition,...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of La Paz, Bolivia. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of City integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main Structure-1: Economic and Finance (production and consumption of g...

The rapid development of information and communication technology has an impact on economic growth that is increasingly varied. Economic stability is a basic prerequisite for achieving improvements in people's welfare through high growth and improved growth quality. In line with that, technological progress also has a significant impact on the dyna...

Recent changes in labour markets have increased employment instability. Under these conditions, in male breadwinner families women might increase their labour supply when their male partners become unemployed. Previous studies have extensively investigated the role played by household and individual characteristics in explaining such increases in t...

COVID-19 is a contagious disease distinguished by its elevated transmissibility and notable fatality rate, posing a considerable threat to the general welfare of the global populace. Accurately and efficiently detecting COVID-19 is paramount to effectively executing preventive measures and treatment methods. Medical imaging modalities, particularly...

The individuals are different from each other in terms of number of factors, i.e. castes, creeds, races, religions, ethnicities, genders, age groups, educational qualifications, occupations, communities and socio-economic backgrounds. In spite of these differences, they have one of the major goals of promoting enhancement of overall standards of li...

Based on various opinion surveys, this report analyses the lasting impact of Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency (2016-2022) on politics in the Philippines. Despite massive human rights violations in his war on drugs, Duterte garnered strong and enduring support. The report highlights that Duterte initially manipulated public perceptions of crime and secu...

The technological revolution and the current desire to reconnect with the land provide opportunities to design innovative relationships between citizens and communities for the development of regenerative activities and practices that lead to the creation of common welfare. The rural context is inclined to design strategies that involve significant...

Reductions in the supply of labor and wages occur to people with disabilities. Disability conditions cause a decline in productivity so that the probability of being a labor is small, risk of unemployment and loss of income. The high prevalence of disabilities in Indonesia causes inequality of labor participation and wages for disabilities in Indon...

Food consumption patterns are changing as consumers are becoming more aware and interested in sustainable and ethical food production practices. The growing disconnect between primary (livestock) agriculture and society reinforces the importance of research examining the motivations behind consumer purchase behaviors. However, evidence that links l...

Offering pain management services is a cohesive effort involving several stakeholders such as health, labour and welfare services. Globally, efforts are being made to develop streamlined patient care pathways, but there remains a specific need to improve and build the health care delivery services, for pain prevention, assessment, treatment, manage...

Environmental enrichment (EE) consists of a series of interventions carried out in the home environment to promote greater exposure to sensory stimuli and mimic the natural habitat of laboratory-housed animals, providing environments closer to those found in nature. Some studies have shown the positive effects of EE in zebrafish housed in a laborat...

Lack of adequate to meet the mental health needs of Indian society has triggered the researchers in identifying anganwadi workers as potential primary mental health care provider for toddler and preschooler. This is a pre-experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of anganwadi worker regarding men...

The achievement of high performance levels in fiscal administration is a key goal for governments aiming to ensure the welfare of their citizens. To assess the efficiency and effectiveness of tax administration, relevant indicators are used, as proposed by the European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI), which categorizes them int...

Animals are frequently utilized as a teaching-learning tool in multiple educational settings. It is, therefore, important to understand what students think about this topic, in particular medical and veterinary students as “life caregivers” and competent people for a dynamic and responsible social intervention. In this context, this research aims t...

Germanys economy has been stagnant since the 21st century, and was once called the sick man of Europe. However, in just a few years, Germanys economy has soared to become the leader of the European economy. This economic miracle is inseparable from Germanys economic reforms. Germany solved the problems of its own indebtedness and the solidification...

In recent times, both Bangladesh and China have shown interest to sign free trade area (FTA) deal. However, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined the potential impacts of such deal on member countries. The current study attempts to fill this gap as we examine the possible impacts of the proposed Bangladesh–China bilateral FTA using...

Sheep aggression detection is crucial for maintaining the welfare of a large-scale sheep breeding environment. Currently, animal aggression is predominantly detected using image and video detection methods. However, there is a lack of lightweight network models available for detecting aggressive behavior among groups of sheep. Therefore, this paper...

This study investigates the impact of microcredit access on income and multidimensional poverty in rural Assam, India. Employing a quasi-experimental design and collecting primary data, the study utilises the probit model for empirical analysis. The findings indicate that equivalence factors influence individual welfare levels. Moreover, households...

Background Molnupiravir is being widely used as a treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, its acceptability and safety in older patients aged ≥ 80 years in real-world clinical practice is not well understood. Methods We conducted a single-centre retrospective study and assessed the outcome of patients with COVID-19 treated with...

Background Child criminal exploitation is a form of child abuse that poses a serious risk to the welfare, safety, and wellbeing of young people. Multisystemic therapy (MST) is an intensive family and community-based intervention for young people with anti-social behavioral problems, many of whom will be at risk of criminal exploitation. This protoc...

Objective Data on treatment outcomes among minority populations treated with remdesivir are limited. We sought to evaluate outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and treated with remdesivir among a predominantly Black and LatinX population. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and t...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of tactile stimuli and music during daily milking on the productive, physiological, well-being, and health parameters of dairy cows. The experiment, which lasted 39 days, was conducted on a commercial farm with forty crossbred cows (age: 36 to 42 months; weight: 350 to 400 kg) distributed in a...

Pasture-based production systems are predominant in major beef-producing countries; however, these systems lack validated protocols to assess animal welfare under commercial conditions. The objective of this study was to test the feasibility of the proposed measures and methodology for the evaluation of animal welfare in fattening cattle under past...

This research aims to explore the potential of human capital, competitive advantages, and women entrepreneurship innovation in Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur, as well as to provide academic policies to the government by establishing a cluster of human resources (HR) expertise and enhancing the development of women entrepreneurship, resulting in regulat...

Studies This investigate quality service, expectations performance, quality system, quality information, and satisfaction user in context application cooperative school at SMKN 11 Malang. With sample consists of 73 members cooperative school, research This detail characteristics qualities it and test it impact to satisfaction user through approach...

Lateralised behavioural responses to environmental stressors have become more frequently used as indicators of social welfare in animals. These lateralised behavioural responses are under the control of asymmetrical brain functions as part of the primary functions of most vertebrates and assist in primary social and survival functions. Lateralised...

Family is the most important part of every individual's life. Family well-being is the main goal of every household. The purpose of this article is to discuss family well-being, the impact on family members, and some methods that can be used to improve overall family well-being. Family well-being is an important component in creating a happy and ba...

Summary: This article aims to compare how social workers in Italy and Sweden perceive their power towards clients and to explain similarities and differences in the light of different welfare systems and other factors at organisational and individual level. As social workers implement social services and contribute to community wellbeing in accorda...

In the past few years, extensive research has focused on comprehending the influence of financial socialization on people's financial habits and overall welfare, indicating a substantial convergence in the area. This article bases itself on a review of literature of prior research, using selected keywords to search the SCOPUS database. Further, the...

The individuals are different from each other in terms of number of factors, i.e. castes, creeds, races, religions, ethnicities, genders, age groups, educational qualifications, occupations, communities and socio-economic backgrounds. In spite of these differences, they have one of the major goals of promoting enhancement of overall standards of li...

Background Ovine psoroptic mange (sheep scab) is an important disease of sheep worldwide caused by the parasitic mite, Psoroptes ovis. It has a negative impact on animal welfare and leads to significant economic losses for the sheep industry. Effective and targeted management is required to limit its transmission. Methods A stochastic metapopulati...

The educational attainment levels of children in state-funded schools in England are lower than in many countries with comparable levels of economic development. There are also striking differences at the local level across England. To understand these differences it is important to examine children’s development in their early years. This research...

Abstract: Undoubtedly, to achieve a dynamic and developed future in today's world, technological organizations need to increase their productivity and maximize their use of intra organizational factors. Effective on employee productivity and determination of human resources productivity indicators have been discussed. As an applied type study, the...

The issue of corruption in Indonesia has become a very tough problem to eradicate. A culture that has been rooted from generation to generation where state financial losses are dredged up. Various programs are created in the name of people's welfare but in fact create opportunities for personal enrichment. So far, sanctions for corruptors have not...

An analysis of crimes against women and children by bureau of crimes Government of India shows that despite increase in financial input on women welfare interventions in eleventh five year plan crime graph against women is on the increase. This is despite the fact that a substantial crime goes unreported and some time it's unnoticed even. Hence the...

The Muslim-friendly tourism trend is a new phenomenon in the tourism industry. The Muslim community's demands for a tourist destination are not only limited to the uniqueness and tourist attraction of the place but also comfort and guarantees in carrying out worship. This research aims to analyze the Global Muslim Travel Index for Muslim-Friendly T...

Despite concerted efforts to enforce smoke-free laws in various countries, nonsmokers, particularly women and children, continue to be exposed to daily secondhand smoke (SHS), resulting in significant health risks. While existing studies have assessed the health effects of numerous diseases, the quantification of SHS spillovers remains understudied...

This paper paves the way for empirically valid mid-range theories of punishment by testing Wacquant’s (2009, 2010) economic grand narrative against alternative political explanations emphasizing state inter-party competition and public electoral pressure. Hierarchical multivariate linear models are employed to simultaneously analyze state-level inc...

High-quality company data is crucial for state-of-the-art empirical research and competition, as well as for evidence-based policy advice, reliable forecasts and policy evaluations. In Germany, however, there are striking deficits in the availability of and access to company data compared to other European countries. This leads to disadvantages in...

Collaborative learning is a practice that dates back centuries. In Confucius’ classic text, Li Ji, there is a famous saying that one becomes narrow-minded when learning without friends. Therefore, collaborative skills not only allow students to interact with others but also enhance their opportunity to learn, which differs significantly from indivi...

This report presents the analysis of the primary research conducted in Croatia for Work Package 4 (WP4) of the rEUsilience project. The report’s underpinning evidence was obtained through seven focus groups conducted with 55 members of families in different parts of Croatia between January and May 2023. The research provides profound insights into...

Bone Bolango is one of the districts that has experienced many village and sub-district expansion processes. This expansion process changes the village's potential data. Village potential is the carrying capacity for developing villages in order to improve community welfare. In order to accelerate village development, it is necessary to group villa...

This literature-based research explored the subject of Kingship Christology as portrayed in Midnight Crew's song "Igwe." Through an interdisciplinary approach, the paper delved into how the song articulates the Kingship of Christ from an Igbo Christian perspective. The paper critically examined the lyrics of the song, linking it with the Christian...

Agriculture is vital to Indian economy. In fact, agriculture is in grained to civilization irrespective of territory. Thus, the socioeconomic development of Indian society largely depends on the progress of agriculture. The productivity of crops is the focus of agriculture development. This becomes more important with the rising challenge of shrink...

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This research investigates the employees' coping mechanisms in the face of a loosely protected labor market. Stakeholders are concerned about the availability of quality jobs and aspire to provide innovative solutions to drive and improve workers' conditions in the Nigerian context. What are the motivations for moonlighting and the impact on employ...

This study investigates the impact of financial integration on international dynamics from the perspective of volatility shocks. By incorporating time-varying volatilities, recursive preferences, and a global bank into the IRBC model, it illustrates that volatility shocks trigger precautionary saving incentives, but the specific effects vary based...

Awareness of welfare issues within animal collections is increasing as information becomes more accessible for staff and the public. A knowledge gap remains when considering the welfare of invertebrates, particularly when housed in public aquaria. TripAdvisor comments were analyzed for 485 worldwide aquariums. The public focused on anthropogenic fe...

This study aimed to expand knowledge on lumpfish stress physiology by investigating the effects of acute stress on primary (i.e., cortisol) and secondary (e.g., metabolites) stress responses, as well as oxidative stress biomarkers, from stress exposure to a recovery phase. The results showed that the lumpfish physiological response to 1 min air exp...

This paper studies portfolio optimization over terminal wealth in a finite horizon, arbitrage-free, competitive and frictionless market with a single risky asset and money market account, where the risky asset exhibits a price bubble. We show that in a complete market, the existence of a price bubble does not change an investor’s welfare relative t...

The sex of the animals is of paramount importance in many animal production systems. This is particularly evident in the production of milk or in breeding programs focused on the production of female animals. In some cases, slaughter or euthanasia of animals of the unwanted sex becomes the only solution, highlighting ethical and economic concerns....

This article presents results of a Dutch randomised experiment, challenging the ‘workfare’ paradigm, which is dominant in many countries. We study whether social assistance (SA) schemes with fewer conditions and more autonomy for recipients stimulate valuable but often overlooked unpaid socio-economic activities (USEA), which are not classified as...

There has been an increasing interest in exploring the different types of welfare regimes in middle- and low-income countries. However, most of the studies so far seem to neglect the importance of illicit groups as welfare providers. Illicit groups can be so powerful in many of these societies, that they can create extensive social safety nets embe...

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD), or diabetic nephropathy (DN), is one of the most prevalent complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and causes severe burden on the general welfare of T2DM patients around the world. While several new agents have shown promise in treating this condition and potentially halting the progression of the disease, m...

Water scarcity in Iran and especially in Yazd province is one of the main limiting factors in human and social life and the development of economic activities, as well as an important problem for the environment now and in the coming decades. Since the increasing trend of water consumption due to changes in the consumption pattern, increase in popu...

The article intends to systematize the scientific knowledge about the relationship between public opinion and street-level bureaucrats' perceptions of Welfare Deservingness and their connections with social protection policies implementation within the framework of the current Welfare State, namely in the Southern European countries. The scoping re...

Lake Sevan, a large, deep, alpine lake in the Lesser Caucasus is the focus of this Special Issue of the Journal of Limnology. It was an outstanding ecosystem 100 years ago characterised by excellent water quality, rich biodiversity with a high level of endemism, wide-ranging beds of macrophytes along the shores and a productive and sustainable fish...

Behavior is one of the important factors reflecting the health status of dairy cows, and when dairy cows encounter health problems, they exhibit different behavioral characteristics. Therefore, identifying dairy cow behavior not only helps in assessing their physiological health and disease treatment but also improves cow welfare, which is very imp...